Reviews
The Secret Museum of Mankind – Guitars Vol 1: Prologue to Modern Styles
Curated by 78rpm record collector Pat Conte, The Secret Museum of Mankind series from Jalopy Records returns with the first...
Reviewed by Garth Cartwright in issue: June/2021
Echoes of the South
The original five Blind Boys long ago went to meet their maker, which is unsurprising given that they first raised...
Reviewed by Nigel Williamson in issue: October/2023
Empire Electric
The new album, Empire Electric, from No-No Boy, the alter ego of rogue folklorist Julian Saporiti, dives into Southeast Asian...
Reviewed by Devon Léger in issue: November/2023
El Violento
‘El Violento’? Julio Ernesto Estrada, aka Fruko, who ran for Colombia’s senate in 2013? One hopes not. The veteran of...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: January/February/2024
The Pendulum Swing
Katherine Priddy’s sophomore set is an intimate, emotive, interconnected album of tableaux that encompasses the past, and past loves, and...
Reviewed by Tim Cumming in issue: April/2024
I am Kurdish
Sometimes moments of grace spring from conflict in a way that feels like the premise for a film or a...
Reviewed by Nathaniel Handy in issue: May/2024
9 Deadly Sins For Tamada
One could hardly accuse Georgian singer-songwriter Tamada of lacking in ambition on this, his second album, which he organises around...
Reviewed by Fred Waine in issue: November/2024
Gabriele Poso presents Ritmo Italiano: ‘Unspoken Sounds of Italian Tamburo’
VARIOUS ARTISTS | Various Artists
One of Mr Bongo's stocks-in-trade is unusual compilations, and this one is certainly out of the ordinary. The Sardinian compiler,...
Reviewed by Mark Sampson in issue: September/2025
KROK
Belarusian group СОЮЗ (SOYUZ) have released an album that, reflecting their in-transit status, is tricky to place geographically. After relocating...
Reviewed by Clyde Macfarlane in issue: January/2026
